title: Candida albicans suppresses transcription of melanogenesis enzymes in cultured melanocytes.
abstract: Human skin can be colonized by different yeasts that may have an impact on skin pigmentation. In order to study this effect normal human melanocytes were cultured with different yeasts. Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis gives evidence that Candida albicans suppresses the transcription of melanogenesis enzymes.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung 1, Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kippenberger
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bernd
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Menzel
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Loitsch
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ramirez-Bosca
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kaufmann
mesh_terms: D019747:Aldose-Ketose Isomerases; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000502:physiology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008544:Melanocytes / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D014442:Monophenol Monooxygenase / Q000235:genetics; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012880:Skin Pigmentation / Q000235:genetics*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D005656:Fungal Proteins; D014442:Monophenol Monooxygenase; D019747:Aldose-Ketose Isomerases